Nikolai Baskov: Romantic Journey

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This special features international star, 34-year-old Russian tenor, Nikolai Baskov. This legendary concert performance takes place at Moscow's Hall of the Luzhniki Arena. Nicolay Baskov is accompanied by a full orchestra and plays to an enthusiastic crowd of nearly 10,000 people. Taped with 24 High Definition cameras, this is Russia's most elaborate and and expensive performance ever recorded for international television. Baskov performs classic pieces from "Tosca," "La Boheme," "Werther," "Turandot," and other favorites such as "Be My Love," "Granada," "Back to Sorrento," and many other classics. He is joined by world-renowned soprano Montserrat Caballe, and her daughter, Montserrat Marti, for several rousing duets. Considered Russia's most popular tenor, Nicolai Baskov has been charming audiences throughout Europe and is planning his first American tour in 2012.

TV Technical Issues

TV Technical Issues

(DT9.1 through 9.3) KQED will be performing maintenance at Sutro Tower in the overnight hours early Thursday 12/08. We are
expecting a few power interruptions to take place and KQED will need to be off air for these. The outages are expected to
be brief.

(this is a continuation of the work originally announced for 11/28, which was not completed on Tuesday.) At some point during
the morning of Wednesday Nov. 30th, the KQEH transmitter will switch from its main antenna to the auxillary one, to allow
for the safety of workers doing maintenance for another TV station on the […]